How to Use projectionist in a Sentence

projectionist

noun
Definition of projectionistnext
  • Each buzzer had two motors with wires that ran up to the booth, and the projectionist would hit the switch.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Whether the show would go on came down to Chris Jolly, the projectionist.
    — Ted Alcorn Evelyn Freja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The theater had planned to hire a nonunion projectionist to run the screening.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Habibullah Habib, 61, a film projectionist who helped hide the films decades ago, said of that day.
    — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • So, the Wolfe brothers would argue, the projectionist is part of the same creative process.
    — Ted Alcorn Evelyn Freja, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • And so the projectionist room at the Texas Theatre is build with fire suppression in mind.
    — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2018
  • It’s only the unionized projectionist that are not going to be doing the same work.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Parents were yelling at the projectionist to stop, covering their kids’ eyes and ears.
    — Joe Dziemianowicz, ajc, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The daily diaries also note some screenings the White House projectionist wouldn’t have been aware of.
    — Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • At one point, Miguel visits his old projectionist friend Max (Mario Pardo), who has a large, dusty archive full of film reels.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 25 May 2023
  • And imagine a team of four or five projectionists working to keep the presentation in sync.
    — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The projectionist was losing a bout with the two antiquated projectors used to show the film’s 10 full reels.
    — Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2019
  • The popcorn guy or movie projectionist would have to have collected them.
    — Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 9 July 2019
  • The projectionist offers up a rare print of Cries and Whispers, the one where the trio of sisters slowly destroy one another’s lives and/or die.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 12 July 2021
  • The film’s title was inspired by late night walks and talks Belabbes shared with the cinema’s projectionist.
    — Alissa Simon, Variety, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Great movie, interrupted a half-dozen times when the 35-millimeter print failed and was promptly fixed by the projectionist.
    — Mary Jo Murphy, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
  • The odd framing wasn’t an artistic choice by director Bong Joon Ho, but a technical mix-up by the projectionist.
    — vanityfair.com, 19 May 2017
  • The Billiken had two projectors, and the projectionist had to seamlessly switch between reels via a foot pedal.
    — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Showing film itself has gotten much more challenging, just in terms of the equipment, the qualified projectionists and so forth.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • Back in 2002, Payne had working as a projectionist at a Fort Payne theater when his brother, who already worked at Jack's, recommended looking for a job there.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 21 July 2017
  • Look for non-employees coming in and out of the projectionist’s booth or arriving at odd hours claiming to be a friend of an employee or manager.
    — Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 16 Nov. 2013
  • Mom’s youngest brother was a movie projectionist by trade, and a railroad enthusiast.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 17 Nov. 2019
  • Growing up in England, Mr. Ferry was a regular at a nearby movie theater thanks to his mother, who made tea and sandwiches for the projectionist.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 14 June 2022
  • Did the Cleveland international film festival back down from its plan to banish the Playhouse square projectionist from the festival, which for the first time is at Playhouse square.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Set in a small Sicilian village, the film follows a young boy who becomes friends with the local film projectionist, sparking a love of movies that will lead him to becoming a film director himself.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The theaters call into service 60 projectionists with special training, some of them retired.
    — Marc Tracy, New York Times, 18 July 2023
  • Finally, the beleaguered projectionist restarts the show from the beginning, but everything sounds even worse—and funnier—than before.
    — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 5 June 2020
  • Everyone working at this screening — venue staff, projectionist, and culinary team — will be female.
    — Andrea Park, Glamour, 7 Aug. 2017
  • Thirteen of the theater’s 16 employees have quit, including two managers and both projectionists.
    — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The venue’s projectionist, a punk rocker named Anna whom Ethan caught spray-painting anarchy symbols on the theater entrance, does double duty as his assistant.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022

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